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In his monthly report to the Port Commission on Dec. 4, Harbormaster Greg Meissner explained that plans to replace the dock at Shoemaker Bay Harbor are at the point where an engineer can be brought on site to draw up designs. Showing a preliminary design to commissioners, Meissner said Shoemaker would be looking at having five main fingers, with additional berths for 54- and 60-foot vessels. The materials used would consist of polyethylene tubs, doing away with wood or iron in the water and... Full story
Wrangell Borough Manager Jeff Jabusch presented a plan to streamline contracting for small projects to the City and Borough Assembly at its meeting Tuesday evening. The new policy being proposed would first create a pool of qualified contractors who can be hired by the city when needed, while also presenting them an equal opportunity to participate in public jobs. To accomplish this, the plan would call for contractors to be called up in rotation based on the kinds of projects they are capable of undertaking. Contractors wishing to be included... Full story
Within a little more than a week, Bear Basics will no longer be open for business in Wrangell. The move comes after Alaska Conference of Seventh-day Adventists elected to close the business, which anticipates its last day to be Dec. 19. “Our conference doesn’t do businesses,” explained the store’s manager, Charlene Williams. She and her husband, SDA Pastor Howard Williams, relocated to the Dillingham-Togiak area in June to take over the ministry there. Since then Williams has been managing the s... Full story
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. December 10, 1914: A large number of the younger generation of Wrangell made a trip down to Pat's Lake last Sunday for a day's skating and fishing through the ice. Three boats made the trip down, most notable among them being the Karen, Capt. Johansen who of course took all the ladies. The Guild of St. Philips church held their annual church bazaar of Red Men's Hall last Thursday afternoon and evening. The affair was a decided success in everyone's view, many of the booths of fancy work and...
Monday, December 1 Report of a MVA. Citizen Assist: Person’s vehicle stuck in snow. Agency Assist. Traffic Hazard: Person parked in roadway, vehicle was moved. Tuesday, December 2 Citizen Assist: Unlock Vehicle. Agency Assist: Alarm. Harassment by phone. Found Property. Wednesday, December 3 Nothing to Report. Thursday, December 4 Citizen Assist: Unlock Vehicle. Harassment: Officer spoke with other party. Friday, December 5 Possible Theft: Civil Matter. MVA reported. Citizen Assist: Unlock Vehicle. Traffic Stop: Citation issued to Judith Ann G...
Vernon Andrew Johnson passed away on Dec. 2, 2014 at the age of 94 at Wrangell Medical Center surrounded by his three daughters: Betty Jo Johnson of Anacortes, Wash., Judi Johnson Tsai of Mechanicsville, Md. and Susan Johnson Eagle of Wrangell, Alaska. Born as one of triplets on May 18, 1920 in Lexington, Neb., he grew up in Wheatridge, Colo. and Kirkland, Wash. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1941 and proudly served in WWII. He always had a wanderlust and survived numerous adventures including... Full story
Wrangell High School's wrestling team not only hosted, but also won last weekend's 2A Region V tournament, with all 10 of its wrestlers headed to State in Anchorage this weekend. "We're very happy," said the team's coach, Jeffery Rooney. "It's the first team title in over 20 years." Alisa Heller and Jeffrey Rooney Jr. each took first place titles for Region V 2A. "High speed, high action, it was very impressive to watch," the coach said of his son's final round. Competing separately among the...
A new practitioner has been hired by Alaska Island Community Services in Wrangell. Cynthia Mattoni is the community health center’s new advanced nurse practitioner, specializing in family practice. Mattoni comes from Cleveland, Ohio, where she has five years’ experience in the emergency room. Her career in the medical field began in 1987, when she joined the United States Navy as a hospital corpsman. She then worked for 18 years in various critical and emergency care settings as a registered nurse. The addition of her position will help pro...
This year’s season draws to a close for Wrangell High School’s volleyball team, after finishing third in Haines at the Southeast Regional Tournament last weekend. “It was long, but good,” coach Jessica Whitaker said of the weekend. She said her team experienced some serving difficulties on account of the lower ceilings in Haines, but the girls were still able to pull off victories against Metlakatla, Haines and Skagway. Players Kacie Galla, Darian Meissner and Teresa Flores were all chosen for this year’s All-Conference Team. “That’s a...
Not long after their last meeting on Nov. 19, members of Wrangell’s Parks and Recreation Board sat down again on Dec. 3 to discuss new goals for the coming year. Haig Demerjian, Michael Brown and Cindy Martin met with Parks and Recreation director Amber Al-Haddad to lay out some ideas. A big one they settled on is to craft a strategic plan, particularly in the area of examining current programming. “Are we doing it well, can we do it better?” is the question Al-Haddad said they should be asking themselves. Other goals would be to improve signa...
PETERSBURG – The Southeast Alaska Drift Gillnet and Purse Seine task forces met in Petersburg on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively, to review the 2014 season and discuss the 2015 season. On Tuesday, Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG) biologists from districts around Southeast presented a review of the 2014 season for various salmon species harvested by gillnetters. Justin Breese, ADFG biologist from Ketchikan, reported District 1, Tree Point, had an above average harvest for cohos and pink salmon and a below average harvest for sockey...
The Pacific halibut stock appears to be rising from the ashes and that bodes well for catches in some fishing regions next year. It would turn the tide of a decades-long decline that has caused halibut catches to be slashed by more than 70% in Alaska, Washington, Oregon and British Columbia. Three Alaska areas showed improvement in the annual stock surveys that range from Oregon to the Bering Sea, and could have higher catch levels in 2015. That’s according to information revealed at the International Pacific Halibut Commission’s interim mee...
SITKA, Alaska (AP) _ The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced the preliminary guideline harvest level for the 2015 Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery is 8,712 tons. That’s just over half of last year’s quota of 16,333 and the lowest expected GHL in more than 10 years. The preliminary harvest level is based on a 19.7 percent harvest rate of a mature biomass forecast of 44,237 tons, said Dave Gordon, area management biologist. The preliminary GHL is quite a bit below the 10-year average of 13,500, and far below the 2014 catch of 16,...
A professionally diverse group of Wrangellers gathered Dec. 3 to help develop a future focus for the local Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (IGAP) office. Working through the Wrangell Cooperative Association, the office's new coordinator Chris Hatton invited representatives of the borough's local government, healthcare, education and industry to come conduct some brainstorming, while also learning about where IGAP is currently at with projects. “I'm stepping in at a challenging t...
